Discovering Fiction, An Introduction Student's Book with Audio CD: A reader of American short stories

by Judith Kay, Kay Gelshenen

Authentic North American short stories enhance students' reading skills, language learning, and enjoyment of literature. Discovering Fiction, An Introduction introduces low-intermediate students to short stories written by classic North American authors such as Twain, Poe, and Hawthorne. The stories have been artfully simplified and abridged so that they are accessible to lower level learners. Each story is accompanied by extensive pre-reading and post-reading tasks that build overall language competence, develop reading skills, and teach literary appreciation. An audio CD containing a reading from each story is packaged into each Student's Book.

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Masoud · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book introduces North American short stories written by classic North American authors such as O. Henry, William Saroyan, Gwendolyn Brooks, Isaac Asimov, and Sandra Cisneros. Literary term explanations and tasks enhance students' appreciation of literature. The main feature of the book is literary term explanation for enhancing student's appreciation of literature.